Two phenomena have kept development education front and center in higher education: expanded access to college and a new focus on student success. Expanded access to college has spurred more people to go to college,…
Ariz. college district looks at a more regional approach KJZZ (with audio) Maria Harper-Marinick, chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District, explains what officials are considering and what the impetus was for its proposed…
Editor’s note: This is an except from the AACC 21st-Century Center. It’s hard to believe that the American Association of Community Colleges’ Pathways Project has been underway for just over a year now. It has…
Interim president Kathleen Kirklin, vice president of administration at Folsom Lake College in California, will serve as interim president of the college. She fills in for Rachel Rosenthal, who is retiring this month. Kirklin has…
Many of us have been working on developmental education reform for years with frustrating results, achieving incremental improvements, but not truly “turning the dial” in significant ways — until recently. Improving developmental outcomes remains one…
Maricopa Community Colleges proposes consolidation of presidencies to cut costs AZCentral.com The district expects to save about $1 million by consolidating the top administrative positions in eight of its 10 colleges into four regional administrations….
As community colleges work on developing guided career pathways – to help students stay on track with fewer wasted credits – they’re finding faculty buy-in is crucial. Because pathways call for streamlined curricula that might…
Lisa Féinics is the perfect person to run Portland Community College‘s (PCC) new program that assists current and former foster youth. That’s because she was one. The new coordinator of the Oregon college’s Foster Success…
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When Jefferson Community College was making plans to build its first residence hall, there was one must-have for President Carole McCoy: generators for backup if the power went out. With her campus in Watertown, New…